Go&Do: Waltzing for a cause
The Hendrix College Chamber Orchestra will present its annual Waltz Night at 7:30 p.m. Monday in the Worsham Performance Hall of the Student Life and Technology Center on the Hendrix College campus.
Ballroom dance demonstrations and instruction will be provided by Andrea Newsom.
The program will include favorite light classics such as waltzes, tangos and polkas including works by Johann Strauss, Tchaikovsky’s Sleeping Beauty Waltz and Bizet Habanera (from Carmen), Latin numbers La Bamba and Jalousie Tango, and even a few favorites from the air-waves and silver screen.
The Chamber Orchestra is conducted by Dr. Karen Griebling, 450-1249.
Admission is free, but donations will benefit the Arkansas Youth Orchestra’s scholarship program.
Tools from horns
The Early Arkansaw Re-enactors, in cooperation with the Faulkner County Museum, will present a how-to program on making useful items with cow horns from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday at the Block House in Cadron Settlement Park.
How it was done back when will be shown by Larry Layne, a horn carver from Grant County. He fashions powder horns, cups, spoons and other utensils from cast-off cattle horns.
There will be other living history demonstrations, as the reenacators see fit, says Ree Walker.
The demonstration will be part of this year’s Second Saturday at the Block House program.
Cadron Settlement Park is off the old Morrilton Highway. Turn south on 319 and follow the road to Jeffery Sand Co., turn right into the park.
According to the Encyclopedia of Arkansas, the first permanent white settlement in central Arkansas was near the confluence of Cadron Creek and the Arkansas River, about five miles west of Conway.
HOSTS OF DAFFODILS
A warmer-than-normal winter has meant a possible earlier kick-off for the Wye Mountain Daffodil Festival outside of Bigelow in Perry County.
At last check the organizers are thinking the weekends of March 3 and 10 might be best for full bloom.
A photo posted on the festival’s Facebook page shows a greening but no blooms yet.
Admission is free, donations are welcome and will go to the Wye United Methodist Church, stewards of the seven-acre daffodil wonderland.
Driving Miss Daisy
Tickets go on sale next week for Driving Miss Daisy at the Lantern Theatre. With the stellar cast on tap, performances will be most likely be sell-outs. Tickets are $12 and may be reserved by calling the theatre on Van Ronkle at 501-733-6220.
Fun to watch Facebook
It was fun to watch Facebook announcements over the weekend as students were reporting back to parents they had made All-State. Proud parents passed along the news. Cheers! What a great community builder Facebook can be.
Coming up roses
The Central Arkansas Rose Society is hosting the South Central District Mid-Winter Workshop & Consulting Rosarian School March 9-10 at the Hilton Garden Inn.
Visit the organization’s website CentralArkansasRoseSociety.com for additional information. Gardeners from Arkansas and surrounding states will be in attendance.
(Staff writer Becky Harris can be reached at becky.harris@thecabin.net and 505-1234.)
